Andy Warhol's 1984 portrait of entertainer Michael Jackson is shown in this publicity photo released to Reuters August 20, 2009. Janet Lehr, owner of the Vered Gallery on New York's Long Island, said the painting was sold Tuesday night, and while one report said that the price was in excess of $1 million, Lehr declined to give a figure. Warhol's Jackson portrait was commissioned to celebrate record-breaking sales of the singer's album "Thriller." Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

Andy Warhol's 1984 portrait of entertainer Michael Jackson is shown in this publicity photo released to Reuters August 20, 2009. Janet Lehr, owner of the Vered Gallery on New York's Long Island, said the painting was sold Tuesday night, and while one report said that the price was in excess of $1 million, Lehr declined to give a figure. Warhol's Jackson portrait was commissioned to celebrate record-breaking sales of the singer's album "Thriller."

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  1. Paintings by artist Andy Warhol are shown in this undated handout photo from the Los Angeles Police Department released to Reuters September 11, 2009. The artworks were stolen from the home of a Los Angeles collector, the LAPD said on Friday.
  2. This undated picture provided by Sotheby's shows pop artist Andy Warhol's painting, "200 One Dollar Bills," which brought $43.8 million at auction, more than three times its highest presale estimate of $12 million. The work, one of Warhol's first silk-screen paintings, sold at Sotheby's on Wednesday, Nov.11, 2009. The auction house did not reveal the names of the buyer and seller.
  3. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: '200 One Dollar Bills' by Andy Warhol, valued at $8-12 million, is displayed during a preview of Sotheby's fall Evening Sale of Contemporary Art October 30, 2009 in New York City. The November 11 sale features works by Warhol, Hockney, Koons and others.
  4. 'Self-Portrait' by Andy Warhol is on display during a preview of Sotheby's impressionist and modern art sale in New York, October 30, 2009. Sotheby's is scheduled to hold its impressionist and modern art sale on November 4, 2009.
  5. 'Untitled (Roll of Dollar Bills)' by Andy Warhol is on display during a preview of Sotheby's impressionist and modern art sale in New York, October 30, 2009. Sotheby's is scheduled to hold its impressionist and modern art sale on November 4, 2009.
  6. 'Self-Portrait' by Andy Warhol is on display during a preview of Sotheby's impressionist and modern art sale in New York, October 30, 2009. Sotheby's is scheduled to hold its impressionist and modern art sale on November 4, 2009.
  7. '200 One Dollar Bills' by Andy Warhol is on display during a preview of Sotheby's impressionist and modern art sale in New York, October 30, 2009. Sotheby's is scheduled to hold its impressionist and modern art sale on November 4, 2009.
  8. '200 One Dollar Bills' by Andy Warhol is on display during a preview of Sotheby's impressionist and modern art sale in New York, October 30, 2009. Sotheby's is scheduled to hold its impressionist and modern art sale on November 4, 2009.
  9. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, Indiana speaks during a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana, on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  10. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, Indiana speaks during a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana, on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  11. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, Indiana speaks during a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana, on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  12. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, Indiana speaks during a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana, on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  13. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, Indiana speaks during a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  14. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: CEO of the Brenden Theatre Corp. Johnny Brenden speaks during a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  15. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: President and CEO of the Brenden Theatre Corp. Johnny Brenden (L) and Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, Indiana attend a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  16. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - OCTOBER 28: (SOUTH AFRICA, UAE, Fans attend the South African premiere of 'This is It' at the Ster Kinekor cinemas in Fourways on October 28, 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The movie premiered at 3am on Wednesday morning in South Africa, part of eighteen simultaneous premieres on five continents that launched a two-week release of 'This Is It', a portrait of Jackson preparing for the London concerts due to have begun just weeks after his sudden death in June 2009. More than 100 hours of behind-the-scenes footage for Jackson's aborted return to the stage have been distilled into a two-hour film, which has been hyped by organisers as the last-ever performance by the 'King of Pop'. Despite the anticipation surrounding the film, a group of diehard Jackson fans have launched an online campaign urging devotees of the singer to boycott the movie, claiming it hides the truth about his final days. The group claims on its website - 'This-Is-Not-It' - that the movie attempts to mask Jackson's physical frailty as he maintained a punishing schedule of rehearsals.

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